keep smiling
Maintain your grin
Keep smiling is an encouragement to maintain a positive attitude despite difficulties—a verbal pat on the back urging cheerfulness or resilience: Things will get better. Keep smiling!
It can sound genuinely supportive or feel dismissive, depending on context.
The phrase sometimes appears on motivational posters and greeting cards, giving it a slightly saccharine quality.
- cheerfulPleasantly bright in mood
- grinBroad, toothy smile
- happyFeeling pleasure or contentment
- optimisticExpecting positive results
- positivityHopeful mental orientation
look on the bright side · bright · laugh · joy · good vibes · teeth · upbeat · sunny · chin up · stiff upper lip · put on a brave face · stay positive · radiant · beaming · warmth · resilient · grin and bear it · hopeful
- encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
- encouragementsyou can do it, you got this, you've got this, don't give up, never give up
keep smilinggive up
Stop attempting something
despair · fall apart · break down · throw in the towel · cave in
keep smilinggive in
Cease resistance, concede
throw in the towel · crumble · admit defeat · go to pieces · collapse
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